Evonik receives award for sustainability
The EcoVadis rating agency has once again awarded Evonik a "platinum" rating for its sustainability performance. This puts Evonik in the top 1 percent of companies rated by EcoVadis, both in the chemical industry and in all other sectors.
The "EcoVadis Sustainability Assessment" looks at the sustainability performance of companies in the dimensions of "environment", "labor and human rights", "ethics" and "sustainable procurement". The assessment also incorporates information from more than 2,500 publicly accessible sources. Evonik is a founding member of the "Together for Sustainability" (TfS) initiative of the chemical industry and is evaluated annually by the "Sustainability Assessment" of EcoVadis, which carries out the assessments as a partner of the initiative. The aim of the TfS initiative is to increase transparency and sustainability in global supply chains through standardized assessments and audits of suppliers and additional training.
"The renewed platinum award from EcoVadis confirms our sustainability strategy," says Thomas Wessel, the Evonik Executive Board member responsible for sustainability. "We drive sustainability along the value chain in close dialog with our stakeholders. In addition to our own production and business processes, we pay particular attention to the supply chain as well as product benefits and applications on the customer side."